Solid Increase in Sorghum Output

WASHINGTON - Nov 9/07 - SNS -- Sorghum production is forecast at 515 million bushels, up 3% from the October 1 forecast and 85% above 2006, according to the USDA.

Expected area for harvest as grain, at 6.70 million acres, is unchanged from last month but up 36% from last year. Based on November 1 conditions, the sorghum yield forecast is at a record high 76.8 bushels per acre, up 2.0 bushels from October and up 20.6 bushels from last year. Kansas, the top producing State, expects a yield of 81.0 bushels, 2.0 bushels above last month.

The yield forecast for Texas is up 3.0 bushels from October, at 72.0 bushels per acre. If realized, the yield in Arkansas, Kansas, and Texas will be a record high, while Nebraska's forecasted yield will tie the record high set in 1994. As of October 28, harvest in the top 11 producing States was 73% complete, compared with 57% last year and 62% for the 5-year average. Harvest was complete in Arkansas and Louisiana.

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